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package org.openidentityplatform.openam.click.control;

import org.openidentityplatform.openam.click.util.HtmlStringBuffer;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides an interface for rendering output to an efficient string buffer.
 * <p/>
 * Implementations of this interface will normally render HTML markup.
 */
public interface Renderable extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Render output, normally HTML markup, to the given buffer.
     *
     * @param buffer the string buffer to render output to
     */
    public void render(HtmlStringBuffer buffer);

}
